PHILOS 2S03

HISTORY OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Undergraduate

A survey of major historical works in political philosophy, including works by some or all of: Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Wollstonecraft, Bentham, …

Winter 2026 · History:Political Philosophy · C01

Readings

Etext Political Philosophy - 6 Month Access Ed: 4
Cahn · 4 · Required
ISBN 9780197609200; 9780197609170

Winter 2026 · C01

A survey of major historical works in political philosophy, including works by some or all of: Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Wollstonecraft, Bentham, …

Readings

Political Philosophy. The Essential Texts.
Steven M. Cahn · 2022 · 4th · Required
Oxford University Press · ISBN 019760918X
Lectures on the history of political philosophy
Rawls, John; Freeman, Samuel Richard editor · 2008 · Recommended / optional
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press · ISBN 0-674-04256-5
Spinoza’s Theological Political Treatise: A Critical Guide
Yitzhak Melamed and Michael Rosenthal (eds.) · January 2011 · Recommended / optional
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press · ISBN 9780511781339
The Routledge Guidebook to Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Sandrine Berges · March 12, 2013 · Recommended / optional
Routledge · ISBN 9780415674140
Please make sure you have the 4th edition of the above textbook since earlier editions have different content and page numbers!
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